Mallika Sagar IPL 2024 Auction: The date of auction for IPL 2024 is getting closer. BCCI has made it clear that the IPL auction will be held in Dubai on December 19. This is the first time that IPL auction is going to be held abroad. All the teams have geared up for this auction. Although during the auction, everyone’s eyes are on the players to see how big a bet has been placed on which player, but this time you can also keep an eye on the auctioneer. If reports are to be believed, this time Mallika Sagar can be seen in the role of auctioneer in the IPL 2024 auction. However, BCCI has not clarified anything yet.
Mallika Sagar can be the auctioneer of IPL
Very few people might know Mallika Sagar, but she has played the role of auctioneer before also. In fact, when the Women’s IPL started last year, its auction was hosted by Mallika Sagar. According to reports, BCCI has asked Mallika Sagar to host the IPL auction, but till now no response has been received from Sagar. If she agrees to BCCI’s request then she will be seen calling the names of the players.
Who is Mallika Sagar?
Mallika Sagar was the auctioneer of the Women’s Premier League earlier this year. Now once again she will be seen playing a role in the WPL 2024 auction to be held in Mumbai on 9 December 2023. Sagar began his career at Christie’s in 2001 after receiving an art history degree from Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia. Notably, she has become the first auctioneer of Indian origin. Apart from this, she became the first woman in that role at Christie’s. Sagar has also played a role in the Pro Kabaddi League auction in 2021. With this she has become the first woman to organize an auction.
